Investments
7Portfolio Exits
3About Ed Roberts
Ed Roberts is an angel investor and professor at MIT. He is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management Technology and Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at MIT. He is also the Chair, MIT Entrepreneurship Center.

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Ed Roberts Investments
7 Investments
Ed Roberts has made 7 investments. Their latest investment was in Crayon as part of their Seed VC on April 4, 2015.

Ed Roberts Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/30/2015 | Seed VC | Crayon | $1.5M | Yes | Brian Halligan, Converge, Dharmesh Shah, Ed Roberts, Eric Ries, Jennifer Lum, Jonah Goodhart, Mike Volpe, Othman Laraki, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 4 |
7/12/2012 | Series A | |||||
7/9/2012 | Seed VC | |||||
12/20/2011 | Series A | |||||
9/7/2011 | Seed VC |
Date | 4/30/2015 | 7/12/2012 | 7/9/2012 | 12/20/2011 | 9/7/2011 |
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Round | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Crayon | ||||
Amount | $1.5M | ||||
New? | Yes | ||||
Co-Investors | Brian Halligan, Converge, Dharmesh Shah, Ed Roberts, Eric Ries, Jennifer Lum, Jonah Goodhart, Mike Volpe, Othman Laraki, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||||
Sources | 4 |
Ed Roberts Portfolio Exits
3 Portfolio Exits
Ed Roberts has 3 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was ThriveHive (acquired by Propel Marketing) on March 22, 2016.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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3/22/2016 | Acquired | 6 | |||
Date | 3/22/2016 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||
Valuation | |||
Acquirer | |||
Sources | 6 |